The Telegraph claim the board are concerned Mourinho’s public outbursts against Shaw will cause his transfer value to plummet.

Mourinho raged with Shaw during the first half of the FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton as he shouted instructions, and it is not the first time the United boss has hit out at the full-back.

Shaw has been on the receiving end of several scathing public attacks from Mourinho and the outbursts have not gone unnoticed by United players.

He was hauled off at half-time against Brighton (Picture: AP)

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Some senior figures in the dressing have become so concerned with Mourinho’s treatment of Shaw, they are considering confronting their manager about the issue.

Mourinho’s staff are also thought to share some of the players’ concerns. Meanwhile, Shaw’s contract is set to expire in the summer and he is privately angry with the criticism from Mourinho.

Shaw is thought to be considering whether his future lies away from United and Mourinho, but he does have the backing of much of the figures inside the club.

What Mourinho said after the match…

‘It was a decision was one player for another player in the same position. I wanted to defend better, I want my defensive line to be more solid in relation to a few, not many.

‘But a few offensive movements they made from the sides and I want more personality in the team because many many times I felt that Matic was an island of personality of desire and control surrounded by not water but lack of personality, lack of class and lack of desire.

‘It was my decision. My reason is that we work on the pitch on certain kinds of movement, with the two full-backs being aggressive to make space for Matic and McTominay. I couldn’t change them both, I decided Luke because Antonio was at least capable defensively.’

(Picture: Getty)(Picture: Reuters)

Mourinho has questioned Shaw’s commitment to his career, as well as his fitness levels in the past, but did say in February that he would be receive a contract extension.

But, the 22-year-old’s relationship with Mourinho seems to have gone off a cliff since then and there is now seems no guarantee Shaw will be handed a new deal.

Shaw has played 19 this season, only six of his 16 Premier League appearances have been starts.

]]>http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/manchester-united-board-concerned-jose-mourinho-is-harming-luke-shaws-transfer-fee/feed/0Uber halts self-driving car tests after deathhttp://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/uber-halts-self-driving-car-tests-after-death/
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]]>Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities after a fatal accident.

A 49-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed as she crossed the street in Tempe, Arizona.

While self-driving cars have been involved in multiple accidents, it is thought to be the first time an autonomous car has been involved in a fatal collision.

Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said the death was "incredibly sad news".

"We're thinking of the victim's family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened," he said in a tweet.

Police said the accident happened Sunday night while the car was in autonomous mode. A human monitor was also behind the wheel.

Police said the woman, Elaine Herzberg, had not been using a pedestrian crossing. She was taken to a local hospital, where she died.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were sending teams to Tempe.

'Wake up call'

Companies including Ford, General Motors, Tesla and Waymo are investing heavily in research to develop self-driving cars, which are often characterised as the future of the industry and hailed as a way to reduce traffic accidents.

Many states across America have welcomed the tests in the hope of keeping themselves at the forefront of new technology.

However, there have been warnings that the technology is being deployed before it is ready.

Anthony Foxx, who served as US Secretary of Transportation under former President Barack Obama, called the accident a "wake up call to the entire [autonomous vehicle] industry and government to put a high priority on safety."

More than a dozen states in the US allow autonomous vehicles on the roads to some degree. Officials typically require a person to be on hand either in the car or remotely in case something goes wrong, according to the Center for Automotive Research.

The US is working on national safety guidelines for such vehicles.

Consumer Watchdog, a lobby group that has warned of the risks of autonomous cars, on Monday called for a moratorium of such vehicles on public roads, describing the accident as a "tragedy we have been fighting years to prevent".

"We hope our calls for real regulation of driverless cars will be taken seriously going forward by Silicon Valley and the Trump Administration," the group wrote on Twitter.

Uber started testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh in 2016. The ride-hailing firm has also been testing driverless cars in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Toronto and the Phoenix area, which includes Tempe.

Carla Bailo, president and chief executive of the Center for Automotive Research, said more information about how the crash occurred is necessary before officials can say what went wrong and how the self-driving system should be improved.

She also said the fatality should be considered in the context of all accidents.

Ms Nickolds said shops had to offer experiences and services to stand out amid low consumer confidence and competition from online-only retailers.

Its new store at the Westfield shopping centre in White City west London will offer experiences online rivals such as Amazon cannot offer such as fashion style talks, cookery classes and beauty treatments.

It will also have an "experience desk" offering customers consultations on things from home design to travel advice. All 500 of the shop's staff have had theatre training from the National Theatre to help them offer better customer service.

In its annual results, John Lewis chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said 2017 had been a "challenging year", as expected, with "subdued" consumer demand.

Ms Nickolds said the weaker profits reflected the "tough conditions" for retailers and that whilst consumers were continuing to shop they were being "more savvy" about what they bought.

High Street slowdown

On Monday aCarpetright became the latest chain reported to be on the verge of seeking a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which would allow to it to shut loss-making stores and secure deep discounts on rental costs.

Fashion chain New Look recently did a similar deal, while earlier this month Mothercare said it was in talks with its banks after poor trading put it at risk of breaching the terms of its loans.

Last week, Toys R Us said it would close all of its UK stores after the chain collapsed into administration in February, and electronics retailer Maplin also went bust.

Ms Nickolds said retailers had to "adapt to survive" in the current climate.

She said the changes at its new store reflected "the way that shops are moving from being a fulfilment destination to being somewhere where you experience a brand".

This meant, she said, that customers may research a purchase in store, but order online from home, for example.

As a result, she said the new store's success wouldn't be judged by sales figures alone.

"How you judge the performance of an individual channel has to be much more sophisticated than it's been in the past," she said.

Currently the chain is only planning one further store opening, but Ms Nickolds insisted the chain remained committed to shops.

"We believe in the future of shops, customers still want to go out and have a day out with friends and family and connect with people on a human level," she said.

Ms Nickolds took the helm of the retailer last year after Andy Street quit to become the mayor of the West Midlands.

She is the first female managing director of John Lewis, having worked her way up the ranks as a graduate trainee.

Asked about the reports, the prime minister's spokesman said: "The allegations are clearly very concerning.

"It is essential that people can have confidence that their personal data will be protected and used in an appropriate way."

US senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and John Kennedy, a Republican, have also called for a hearing about data security and said they want to question Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, and the heads of other tech companies.

"While Facebook has pledged to enforce its policies to protect people's information, questions remain as to whether those policies are sufficient and whether Congress should take action to protect people's private information," they wrote in the letter.

"The lack of oversight on how data is stored and how political advertisements are sold raises concerns about the integrity of American elections as well as privacy rights."

Alexander Nix, chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, was questioned by a Parliamentary committee last month about using data to target messages.

]]>http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/facebook-shares-slide-amid-privacy-backlash/feed/0Former Deutsche Boerse boss could rake in €9m over the next four yearshttp://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/former-deutsche-boerse-boss-could-rake-in-e9m-over-the-next-four-years/
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]]>The former chief executive of Deutsche Boerse could still receive millions of euros over the next four years, the company disclosed today in its annual report.

Carsten Kengeter, who stepped down at the end of 2017 after an investigation into allegations of insider trading of shares in London Stock Exchange (LSE), will take home €1.5m (£1.3m) in cash until the end of August.

The ex-boss of the German stock exchange received his monthly base salary of €125,000 between January and March, and from April to August he will be handed €222,000 each month in contractually agreed non-competition compensation.

Kengeter will also be able to receive up to €7.5m through his long-term incentive plan in three tranches between 2019 and 2021.

He has no pension claims however, as his previous claims on pension benefits lapsed when he left the company, Deutsche Boerse said.

]]>US President Donald Trump has banned the trading of Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency in the US through an executive order.

Trump today barred US citizens and companies from dealing in the petro, which Venezuela launched last month as a way to circumvent US sanctions, with immediate effect.

In his order, Trump noted that Venezuela's own National Assembly had denounced the petro as unlawful.

It blocks "all transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in, by a United States person or within the United States, any digital currency, digital coin or digital token" issued by Venezuela's government.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro first announced the controversial digital token late last year as a solution to the country's economic woes. Each petro is backed by one barrel of the country's oil.

The US Treasury has previously warned potential investors that buying the petro could violate sanctions that prohibit the purchase of Venezuelan debt.

]]>http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/trump-has-banned-the-trading-of-venezuelas-cryptocurrency-the-petro/feed/0Aldermore reveals 20 per cent profit jump in final independent resultshttp://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/aldermore-reveals-20-per-cent-profit-jump-in-final-independent-results/
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In its results for 2017 it announced that underlying profit before tax had increased by 20 per cent to £160m, while underlying return on equity was 18.5 per cent.

The bank’s net interest margin was maintained at 3.5 per cent and net loan growth grew 15 per cent to £8.6bn.

Aldermore’s chief executive Phillip Monks said: “Our vision of providing ‘banking as it should be’ will not change, but with the backing of FirstRand our ambition will only grow and we aim to further support businesses and individuals with enhanced digital services and a broader range of straightforward propositions.”

]]>http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/20/aldermore-reveals-20-per-cent-profit-jump-in-final-independent-results/feed/0Sorry Britain, the EU won’t break ranks over post-Brexit tradehttp://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/19/sorry-britain-the-eu-wont-break-ranks-over-post-brexit-trade/
http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/19/sorry-britain-the-eu-wont-break-ranks-over-post-brexit-trade/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 18:10:31 +0000http://britainpost.co.uk/2018/03/19/sorry-britain-the-eu-wont-break-ranks-over-post-brexit-trade/Theresa May has finally spelled out some of the “hard facts” of Brexit, but she’s still holding out hope for that seemingly impossible sweetheart deal: market access as close as possible to the U.K.’s current arrangement, but with fewer obligations.

That hope is predicated on the idea that the EU27 — so far impressively aligned — will split when it comes to the second phase of the negotiations.

It’s an idea that still has considerable traction in Westminster. British officials are under the impression that, as the economic ramifications of Brexit become clear, some EU countries will choose to diverge from France and Germany’s tough approach to protect their interests and that economic realities will ultimately reshape the discussions in the U.K’s favor.

This confidence is misplaced.

Germany, despite what it has to lose, will not advocate bending any rules for Britain.

Brexit will indeed impose costs upon the EU27, and some member countries will suffer more than others, but the pot..

]]>Theresa May has finally spelled out some of the “hard facts” of Brexit, but she’s still holding out hope for that seemingly impossible sweetheart deal: market access as close as possible to the U.K.’s current arrangement, but with fewer obligations.

That hope is predicated on the idea that the EU27 — so far impressively aligned — will split when it comes to the second phase of the negotiations.

It’s an idea that still has considerable traction in Westminster. British officials are under the impression that, as the economic ramifications of Brexit become clear, some EU countries will choose to diverge from France and Germany’s tough approach to protect their interests and that economic realities will ultimately reshape the discussions in the U.K’s favor.

This confidence is misplaced.

Germany, despite what it has to lose, will not advocate bending any rules for Britain.

Brexit will indeed impose costs upon the EU27, and some member countries will suffer more than others, but the potential damage pales in comparison to the risks posed by the potential disintegration of the European project and its single market.

Research on EU countries’ exposure to Brexit — looking at the share of GDP embedded in trade flows between the U.K. and the rest of the bloc — has found that Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Malta are the most vulnerable to the Brexit fallout. To the others, Brexit poses only small economic risks.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that a free-trade advocate like the Netherlands might advocate a softer approach for economic reasons. But the reality is that concern for the integrity of the single market surpasses any worry over lost trade with Britain. They are unlikely to exhaust political capital on the U.K.’s behalf. Germany, despite what it has to lose, will not advocate bending any rules for Britain.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s jocular references to strong British demand for the Continent’s cars and prosecco shows he misunderstands how supply chains work. The EU is one of the world’s three major economic regions (alongside NAFTA and East Asia) in which unfinished goods crisscross borders before being packaged and sent around the globe. And the EU27’s exports are more reliant on intermediate inputs sourced from their neighbors than inputs from the U.K.

Except when it comes to Ireland, Luxembourg and Malta, the U.K.’s relative share of EU27 intermediate inputs is tiny. The remaining EU members will, most likely, feel the effects of Brexit. But the pain will not be enough for the EU to offer Britain a sweetheart deal and give a green light to a rollback of the four freedoms.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has shown that he misunderstands how supply chains work | Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

EU members are far more concerned with maintaining the integrity of their supply chains and the single market: Allow one country to opt out of some parts of the single market and a precedent will be set that might prompt other countries to demand opt-outs too.

Ireland, for example, is likely to push for unique all-island solutions to prevent the emergence of physical customs infrastructure, but it will not exhaust its political capital arguing for the U.K. as a whole to be granted near-equivalent market access, minus the obligations. As Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has repeatedly said in discussing solutions to the border issue, Ireland is “much stronger” as part of the 27 and will conduct negotiations as part of the bloc.

The notion that the City of London’s status as Europe’s largest financial center could provide Britain with leverage in the talks has similarly been overdone. Where there is risk, the EU has the power to contain the fallout from a loss of access to the City by offering temporary “equivalence rulings.” And where the costs of higher barriers are more bearable, it has the power to punish the U.K.

The one area where there is perhaps room for movement is with future budget contributions. An offer of a significant sum of cash might open some doors. But the U.K. will still be constrained by the decisions it makes elsewhere. And while it’s true that Britain could probably get a deeper free-trade agreement than CETA, we’re talking TTIP — not something that will keep the U.K. as deeply integrated in the EU economy as it is now.

Ultimately, even if a country were incensed enough to put its head above the parapet and push back against the Franco-German consensus, there is no obvious route toward a blocking coalition.

May’s acceptance that Brexit will lead to reduced market access is a positive step — even if it comes 18 months too late.

More than one country might be annoyed about the process, but they will in all probability not be annoyed about the same things. And with the EU budget talks getting underway soon, member countries that are on the receiving end of funds from Brussels will not want to bite the hand that feeds them.

May’s acceptance that Brexit will lead to reduced market access is a positive step — even if it comes 18 months too late. But to make progress she will now have to put forward a proposal for the future relationship that actually embodies the trade-offs she knows exist.

The U.K. has to wake up to the reality that EU consensus will hold firm. The 27 are not for splitting.

Sam Lowe is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform. John Springford is deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.

Chelsea’s win sees them through to the semi-finals where they will be the favourites to advance past Southampton. Having reached the final last year, Conte is hoping his side can go all the way after losing to Arsenal last May.

‘We showed great will and a great desire to fight and to reach the semi-final.

‘We must be pleased with the character we showed against a really good team.

‘This trophy is very important for this country. Last season it was a pity to lose in the final. This season our target is to reach the final again.

‘And if we reach the final, I want to change the final result compared to last season.’

]]>Business groups have praised today's "milestone" Brexit announcement that the UK and EU have struck a transition deal – but urged negotiators to get urgently stuck into the detail of the future trading relationship.

The two sides have reached "complete agreement" on citizens rights and the divorce bill, but the Irish border continues to remain unsolved.

The deal means the UK will be able to negotiate trade deals during the period – which will run until 31 December 2020 – but remain part of the Single Market and customs union. The UK will also therefore be bound by EU rules but will not have a say on any decision-making.

Davis said the breakthrough would give businesses much-needed clarity, and it received a qualified thumbs up from industry groups.

Adam Marshall, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "This is a milestone that many businesses across the UK have been waiting for. The agreement of a status quo transition period is great news for trading firms on both sides of the Channel, as it means that they will face little or no change in day-to-day business in the short term.

“While some companies would have liked to see copper-bottomed legal guarantees around the transition, the political agreement reached in Brussels is sufficient for most businesses to plan ahead with a greater degree of confidence. Many companies will now have the clarity they require to proceed with investment and hiring strategies that would otherwise have remained in question."

He urged the EU27 not to turn transition into a "political football", and said both sides must "adopt a laser-like focus on the future trading relationship – and swiftly conclude a deal that minimises further adjustment costs and that answers the many practical questions that trading businesses still face".

In the City, the chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Simon Lewis, said transition was "a major step forward".

"We look forward to seeing more details at the EU summit later this week," he added. "While this agreement is a big move in the right direction, it will be important to see that there is real political and regulatory commitment from both sides to a transition period.”

Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, Catherine McGuinness, added: "Today’s announcement lifts some weight off the shoulders of firms in the UK and the EU. Before the announcement firms were peering over the precipice. They are now on firmer ground and we hope that the regulators will be tasked to work together by the UK and EU to underpin this political commitment and give firms the certainty they need.

“But there are still a number of areas to be resolved – notably the Ireland and UK border issue. Government has made great progress in recent weeks. It’s vital we find a resolution to this issue as soon as possible.”

Allie Renison, head of Europe and trade policy at the Institute of Directors, said: "Business leaders will welcome the announcement of a provisional agreement on an implementation period and congratulate the UK government for heeding the call of business and making it a priority early on. Knowing that trade and immigration arrangements will continue unchanged until at least the end of 2020 will allow business operations and investment decisions to carry on without unnecessary disruption for the time being.

“We are, however, concerned that not enough attention is being given now to the finer details and practical implications of transition. Many businesses will only be able to sufficiently plan and prepare for Brexit once the precise details of the future relationship are known, and any changes to domestic infrastructure like customs have been implemented."

But not everyone was pleased.

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson said: "During these negotiations, we wanted to gain control over our waters from as early as the end of next year.

"The EU was not willing to move on this. That we now have to wait until 2020 to assume full control is an undoubted disappointment.

"Having spoken to fishing leaders today, I know they are deeply frustrated with this outcome. There is no ignoring the fact that this falls short of what they had hoped for in the short-term."

Davidson, who is seen as possible contender for future Conservative leader, added: "Over the long-term, today's agreement makes clear that, from 2020, the UK will be an independent coastal state, deciding who can access our waters and on what terms.

"I am more determined than ever to ensure that this long-term prize for our fishing industry is seized.

"So I should make it clear today that I will not support a deal as we leave the EU which, over the long-term, fails to deliver that full control over fish stocks and vessel access."